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AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CONVEYANCE OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY IN THE DULUTH HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE DULUTH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
The city of Duluth does ordain:
Section 1.
(a) Pursuant to Section 2-176(a) of the Duluth City Code, 1959, as amended (the "Code"), the city council stated its intention to sell or convey certain property as set forth in Resolution 18-0552, which property is legally described as (the "LSC Property"):
All that part of WILLARD AND PIPER'S DIVISION, in the SW1/4 of SE1/4 Section 29, Township 50 North of Range 14 West, which lies West of the Trinity Road and North of a line 500.00 feet distant from and parallel to the North line of said plat (Line B), and NE of a line drawn between a point on the West line of said SW1/4 of SE1/4, 75.00 feet North of Line B, and a point on Line B 115.00 feet East of the West line of said SW1/4 of SE1/4 (Line A). St. Louis County, Minnesota.
(b) Pursuant to Section 2-176(b) of the Code, the city's planning department reviewed the proposed conveyance of the LSC Property for conformity to the city's comprehensive plan and reported that (i) the conveyance of the LSC Property conforms with said comprehensive plan, and (ii) the LSC Property is not necessary for the city's future needs.
(c) Pursuant to Section 2-176(c) of the Code, the St. Louis County Assessor determined that the estimated market value of the LSC Property is $52,800.
Section 2.
(a) Pursuant to Section 2-177.3 of the Code, the city may convey city property to another governmental unit by sale or exchange where the council finds by ordinance that (i) the needs of said governmental unit are greater in importance than the need of the city to retain said property, and (ii) the best interests of the citizens of the city will be best served by accomplishing such conveyance.
(b) The city wishes to convey the LSC Property to the Duluth Economic Development Authority, an economic devel...
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